Membership and Staff
The members of the Community Relations Board must demonstrate documented commitment to intergroup relations and:
- be appointed by each of the respective County Commissioners
- be one of thirteen at-large members appointed by an ad-hoc nominating committee designated by the CRB
- hold the chairmanship of the Asian-American Advisory Board, the Black Affairs Advisory Board, the Commission for Women or the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
Executive Committee
Mr. Mario J. Artecona, Chair
Dr. Walter Richardson, Vice Chair
Reinaldo Valdes, Secretary
Vickie Smith Jackson
Joanne Harvest Koren, Esq
Farrel Owens, Jr.
L. George Yap
Board Members
Magali Abad
Carolyn Boyce
Valerie Lynn Davis-Bailey
Didier Fabien
Ahmed Kabani
S. Shawn Khosravi
Dr. Helen Lawrence McGuire
Adora Obi Nweze
Grace O'Donnell
Lester M. Rosenberg
Rabbi Solomon Schiff
Edward Shohat, Esq.
Brian Siegal
Farzana M. Tapia
Rev. Dr. Harold A. Vieux
Marjorie York
Sofian Zakkout
Board Staff
Amy Carswell, Program Officer 2
Ed Harris Jr., Program Officer 2
Oscar J. Braynon, Program Officer 1
Yvans Morisseau, Community Relations Assistant
Community Relations Board
111 NW 1st Street, Suite 620
Stephen P. Clark Center
Miami, FL 33128
ph: 305.375.1406
fax:305.375.5715
amy2@miamidade.gov
About the Community Relations Board





